8.x and Modems

[John Baldwin]

On Tuesday, March 22, 2011 10:21:47 am Steven Nikkel wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> > On Monday, March 21, 2011 5:17:19 pm steven_nikkel at ertyu.org wrote:
> >> I recently upgraded my trusty old 4.x system to 8.1 and the one little 
bit
> >> I can't get working is the internal ISA modem in the system. On 4.x it 
was
> >> detected automatically by the sio driver:
> >>
> >> /kernel: sio4: <U.S. Robotics Sportster 33600 FAX/Voice Int> at 
port
> >> 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 5 on isa0
> >> /kernel: sio4: type 16550A
> >
> > Can you get a verbose dmesg and post it somewhere?
> >
> 
> I think I got it into verbose mode, but it doesn't look any different, so 
> I'm not sure I did that right, but here it is: 
> http://pastebin.com/BbFevvt6

Hmm, you need to use 'boot -v' at the loader prompt.  If you can't get to the 
loader prompt easily you can try using 'nextboot -o "-v" -k kernel' before 
rebooting.

-- 
John Baldwin